Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. excessive expenditure by a government on a supposedly prestigious project
WordNet 3.0
- n. prodigious squandering (usually by a government)
Examples
“The Government has been accused of "squandermania," wasteful spending.”
“Unwillingness to confront Osborne's traditional Treasury supremacism is leaving Cameron as vulnerable as was Tony Blair to squandermania, to centralist initiatives that always end in higher spending.”
“The first is an apology from the Prime Minister in respect of a murderous incident across the road from the stadium whereby the squandermania flag flies.”
“And even a few people here on the Island, who have been around for all those years of gross mismanagement and squandermania at the people's expense, those few are making the same comments about the government acting too hastily, and one or two have even approached me to say that Trinidad and PM Manning have taken the government for an empty ride, and whatever benefits flowing from the agreement will be going to T”
“All he has to do is object to the Dems 'squandermania.”
“Maurice Hayes should go to jail for this kind of waste of taxpayers money - as should successive Ministers who authorised the squandermania”
“I wonder will Cowen finally apologise for the squandermania he practiced as Minister for Finance?”
“All along voices were raised cautioning against the rape and plunder of our monies ... the wanton squandermania and corruption ... '”
“All those murders, kidnappings, and PNM squandermania are all on his head.”
“The bill shows no evidence of new thinking, no willingness to learn from past mistakes and every intention of making ordinary people pay for the squandermania of the rich and powerful,”
Lists
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mental disorder; excessive craving
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Politrix
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
vexillology, blowback, impunity, extraterritoriality, plenipotentiary, filibuster, pundit, jingoistic, gerrymander, swiftboat, espionage, ipsedixitism and 151 more...
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Squ-
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squid, squab, square, squeegee, squirt, squire, squib, squelch, squabble, squad, squally, squalled and 228 more...
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rduke's Words
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Wordmania
ablutomania, agromania, anthomania, arithmomania, balletomania, bibliomania, bruxomania, cleptomania, decalcomania, demonomania, dipsomania, dromomania and 42 more...
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